Detroit officials: Rosa Parks Transit Center, only open for one year, is filthy

A $22.5-million transit
center opened last year in Detroit has become so filthy that city
officials are asking the public to help keep it clean.

Lovevett
Williams, director of the city Department of Transportation, tells The
Detroit News the three-story, 25,700-square-foot Rosa Parks Transit
Center built with federal and state grants has become a favorite spot
for homeless people who use restrooms as their home, and bathe and wash
their clothes in the facilities.

Bathrooms are closed and sinks and toilets are flooded.

The
24-hour venue serves about 130,000 daily passengers riding Detroit
Department of Transportation, SMART and Transit Windsor buses as well as
the Detroit People Mover.

Williams says cleaning crews work from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. He urges people to clean after themselves.